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TIL in 1990 disabled activists got out of their wheelchairs and crawled up the steps of the Capitol, inconveniencing Senators to encourage a vote on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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p8VB4 TIL the director of GoldenEye 007 (the game) discovered an issue with the N64's hardware, prior to the console's launch. Silicon Graphics, makers of the N64 chipset, considered doing a revision with a fix, but ultimately decided not to, due to costs and the possibility of that causing another delay
dDLXZ TIL about humorous variations of Murphy’s law. Some best ones include: Fetridge’s law which states that important things do not happen when they are supposed to, especially when people are looking & Patrick’s theorem: If an experiment works, you are probably using the wrong equipment
4nP5 TIL Deion Sanders is the only man to play in a Super Bowl and World Series. And the first play in two professional league games in the same day. And score a touchdown and hit a home run in the same week.
N7ayN TIl Norway only spend 3% of their oil fund a year. Because they are saving for the next generation
1rg8 TIL that you are more likely to die as a drug dealer in Chicago than as a death row inmate in Texas.